NZQA gives MIT a Category One approval Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has achieved the highest possible rating, Category One, in the recent External Evaluation and Review (EER) by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

Aspiring young chefs from around New Zealand will be sharpening their knives in a bid to impress some of country’s most successful chefs and win the country’s premier secondary schools student culinary competition. Nine regional winning teams will battle it out at the grand final of the National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge (NSSCC) being held at Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland on 30th August.

A NEW LEADER IN ENGAGING YOUTH IN EDUCATION Young people disengaged from conventional education have a new advocate, with the appointment of Toe Pune as Principal of the Manukau Institute of Technology Tertiary High School (MIT THS) in Ōtara, South Auckland.

Auckland – Hundreds of Auckland schoolgirls will later this month have a hands on experience how some of New Zealand’s most hi-tech companies such as Air New Zealand, Microsoft and Vodafone operate.

Fa’asu Loia is fighting her way to the top of NZ women’s boxing. The 19-year-old MIT student has just won the Elite Women Under 64 kg title at the New Zealand Boxing Nationals.

The Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva, visited Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) newly opened Pasifika Community Centre on Saturday 30 July, as part of his first official visit to New Zealand.

Our O-Week Orientation and welcome helps you get to know what student life is all about. This includes finding your way around campus, learning what student support services are available to you, meeting other new students and of course, having some fun.

This article originally appeared as a press release from the Tongan Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications, and published by Foreign Affairs. Two lecturers from Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) visited Nuku’alofa to train high school teachers and tutors at Tonga Institute of Science and Technology (TIST) in building and welding.

We believe that engaging more people in tertiary education in South Auckland requires re-thinking how we teach to better suit modern student needs. Under our new model, business and IT students will study two papers within an eight week block, instead of the traditional format of four papers delivered simultaneously over a 17 week semester.

Hip-hop dancer and MIT graduate uses her experience to give back to the community. This article originally appeared in the Manukau Courier and online at stuff.co.nz.